NASA's tiny solar sail spacecraft, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-set-to-launch-solar-nanosail-into-space">Nanosail-D</a>, has become the first solar vehicle to orbit the Earth. NanoSail-D was placed into orbit 400 miles above the planet by its 'mother satellite' the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-set-to-launch-solar-nanosail-into-space/">Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology SATellite (FASTSAT)</a> last year. The vessel has proven that solar technology is suitable for space travel, and it is part of a plan to <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-solar-powered-micro-satellite-will-clean-space-debris/">bring derelict satellites back to Earth</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/nasas-nanosail-d-becomes-the-first-solar-sail-spacecraft-to-orbit-the-earth/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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NASA's tiny solar sail spacecraft, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-set-to-launch-solar-nanosail-into-space">Nanosail-D</a>, has become the first solar vehicle to orbit the Earth. NanoSail-D was placed into orbit 400 miles above the planet by its 'mother satellite' the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-set-to-launch-solar-nanosail-into-space/">Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology SATellite (FASTSAT)</a> last year. The vessel has proven that solar technology is suitable for space travel, and it is part of a plan to <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-solar-powered-micro-satellite-will-clean-space-debris/">bring derelict satellites back to Earth</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/nasas-nanosail-d-becomes-the-first-solar-sail-spacecraft-to-orbit-the-earth/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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NASA's tiny solar sail spacecraft, the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-set-to-launch-solar-nanosail-into-space">Nanosail-D</a>, has become the first solar vehicle to orbit the Earth. NanoSail-D was placed into orbit 400 miles above the planet by its 'mother satellite' the <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-set-to-launch-solar-nanosail-into-space/">Fast, Affordable, Science and Technology SATellite (FASTSAT)</a> last year. The vessel has proven that solar technology is suitable for space travel, and it is part of a plan to <a href="http://inhabitat.com/nasa-solar-powered-micro-satellite-will-clean-space-debris/">bring derelict satellites back to Earth</a>....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/nasas-nanosail-d-becomes-the-first-solar-sail-spacecraft-to-orbit-the-earth/'>READ ARTICLE</a>